Akkadian god Anu

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Akkadian god Anu is the Mesopotamian sky god and supreme deity of the pantheon, associated with authority, kingship, and the celestial realm.

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Akkadian god Anu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian god
Mesopotamian deity
Sumerian god
sky god
appearsIn Enuma Elish
Epic of Gilgamesh
various Sumerian and Akkadian myths
associatedWith authority
cosmic order
divine kingship
kingship
culture Akkadian religion
linked to: Assyrian religion

Assyrian religion
Babylonian religion
Mesopotamian religion
Sumerian religion
domain celestial realm
heaven
sky
equivalentForm An
gender male
memberOf Mesopotamian divine triad
mythologicalEra 3rd millennium BCE and later
nameMeaning “heaven”
nameOriginLanguage Sumerian
parentOf Ea
Enlil
Inanna
Ishtar
linked to: Inanna

Lamashtu (in some traditions)
linked to: Lamashtu

Nusku
linked to: Nuska
positionInPantheon head of the pantheon
supreme deity
power conferring royal legitimacy
decreeing destinies
residence heaven
the highest heaven
role grantor of kingship
judge of the gods
source of divine authority
spouse Antu
Ki (in some traditions)
Uras (in some traditions)
linked to: Uras
symbol horned crown
starry sky
temple Eanna temple complex in Uruk
triadWith Ea
Enlil
worshipCenter Assur
linked to: Ashur

Babylon
Uruk

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